The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-28


after Corbaley got them they were not changed.
| Then. IS the papers show. they changed
| When were they changed Was il not during
that hour between 10 and III They were left
| with Coy. and Coy gave them 70 Corbaley. Who
/ had an opportunity TO change them except Coy.
\ or some body TO whom he gave them for that
4 purposel For on hour they wsrs IN the posses
/ sion OF Coy.
Sometime after Cor approached Sam
\ mel +. Perkins. The candidate for criminal
\ judge is behind; won't you get Hiseys tally
! papers and nelp us outP Perkins said, L will
THERE'S the express conspiracy between Simeon
Il Coy and Samuel f. Perkins have no doubt il
will be urged in this that IL there was con-
| spiraeS TO change the result of the vote for
criminal judge that IL is not within the iurisdic-
/ ton of this court. and cannot Do punished
Right here | want TO call your attention 20 the
| terms of that agreement, that you can draw
/ your conclusion. II may have been constituted
/ 70 change the result of the vote for criminal
j judge In Marion county. but this agreement In
cluded something else: il included the procure
ment of papers from their legal custodian Per
| kins was 70 do certain work and before he could
/ do II ne was to obtain the papers from
his precinct. They must procnre the
/ possession OF papers That Was the
| agreement and that agreement was carried
| out. Perkins went TO Hisey. He knew just
how he could get them from him. They had
been IN the hands of the Republican judge and
HIsey, having little experience. they knew he
would give them TO a person of his own party in
whom he bad confidence. This gave excuse.
and they took advantage of il, as all criminals
do TO further their nsfarious designs. Perkins
asked Hisey for his papers TO determine whether
they were all straight There rested "a uspicion
in the mind of Hisey and he delivered to Perkins
his papers And the papers were taken to Sim
con Coy. Perkins said, i have the papers,
and they went together to Room 80 in the court
house. OF which Mr. Coy had key. Why was
IL Coy had a key to a locked room in the court
housel He never was county officer stli he
had room, on the doors of which blind.
locked room, and he carried the key.
explained that the Democratic candi-
date for criminal judge was behind.
aud that this precinct would stand change of
sixteen votes. There was understanding
among these men to the number of votes
needed and how apportion it among the
several precincts They knew their men and
how IL was TO be apportioned out Perkins had
no knife. He got Whose aid ne eetF Coy
explained to Perkins where he get
compensation for she work he was TO do have
no doubt Coy knew that Perkins
avaricious man. have no doubt Simeon Coy
has pretty good understanding of human
nature Five hundred dollars from the Liquor
League was good argument Men like Coy
use the weaknesses or men 10 further their
own schemes. Perkins changed the
tally-paper. Coy knew that both the
tally paper and the certificate would be before
the board. and discrepancy would arise at once
when they began 10 count them. he asked
Perkins to also change the certificate, but when
he came 10 put his hand writing the certif-
cate he hesitated and refused to do That
the circumstance that makes me believe Sam
Perkins more and more The change upon the
tally papers simply shows straight lines, but
when you come TO write upon piece of paper
you must then and there disclose your hand
writing. Perkins did not desire that handwrit-
log upon the papers, because he knew there
would be a certainty of his detection Coy did
not care. because his handwriting would not have
been on the papers, but Perkins did Coy
skillful in not putting bis hand upon paper
where II might be detected two or three hours
aftorward.
at seems that Coy went out to procure the
presence of one Stephen Matter. Stephen Matt
Ter is a saloon keeper of Indanapolis; he ard Coy
are companions in business. not partners, and
their interest in the election of criminal
judge in Marion county was of the same impor-
lance; that they should have a friend at court.
say that Coy. before he went out of that room.
knew where the papers were that were to be
altered next, and Mattler knew, and was prompt
ly on hand. While they were still in that room
a man named Burton came in and inquired after
Smith Myers Somebody had told him Smith
Myers wanted to see him. 1t seems Smith
Myers was not in the room at the time. Why
was Burton sent therel He was inspector
and was sent there to be sempted to give his
papers up also Some of Coy's lieutenants
sent Daniel Burton into that room in order that
he might give up his papers and they also be |
changed. He saw what was going and went
out. Matter had his papers and given
Hissy's papers by Perkins. Perkins asked him
to hand them to Hisey. which he did Hisey
swears it and Matter admits it.
"A few moments afterward and before Per-
kins had reached the Circuit Court after
leaving Room 81, another character steps in. Mr..
Beck, with a tally paper under his coat. / say
it a tally -paper because it looked like one
because he said to Perkins it was one and be-
cause he asked Perkins to go and change it, He
was not inspector of election. What bust
ness had he with that paper. unless a party to |
the conspiracy Perkins refused; told him
where the locked room was in which he did |
business. not in public but in private-in |
Coy's private room in the courthouse. He |
told them where they were and to do it himself |
that he was able bodied Perkins-gave |
him that knife and he went on his way That |
paper, perhaps. is not identified, but it is one |
Of these papers That paper, perhaps. not
changed by Beck, but 1t was changed by some
body in that room.
Afterwards Coy said there had been balk- |
that Mattler had got scared and changed his |
papers back. That is one time when Sim Coy |
told the truth. 1t seems to have been un- |
disputed fact that when Hiseys papers were |
presented and those frauds were promptly dis
covered. that objections made |
and speeches were made in ref |
erence to the manner in which that out |
rage should be corrected. Some time was taken |
with the poll book, aud it was severely com |
mented upon They went on afterwards and |
completed the count of that precinct Then |
Matters called. Now the truth is as I /
deduce 1t, that when the fraud upon Hiseys |
papers had been found out, that there dis
crepancy that gave the scheme and fraud away.
He knew the same discrepancy existed |
in his own papers and while they wrang-
ling over Hiseys papers, Mattler changed that
vote back. because he knew the moment that
his papers should be presented, this fraud on
Hiseys papers would be fresh in the minds of /
every one and he would be called upon ex-
plain how his papers came TO be In the same
condition as Hiseys And when Sim Coy said
that Matter got scared he told the absolute
truth. There then difference of sixty votes.
They knew they could not lose tina. many The
fraud they had entered upon. the conspiracy
they had undertaken, every thing would fail I'M
less they changed some other paper. II was too
late TO get Matters papers in shape second
time, for his papers were ont OF the way. They
must be got somewhere else.
THE day wearing away Ii was along to-
ward evening, Gov met Perkins. He thought
the scheme was about TO fail. Something must |
be done. lie asked him il he knew where he |
@aafnv sid 1
his tactics Acid must be used because
IL would not leave such plain mark at first and
that would be true upon paper because i. would |
obliterate the original mark. He requested |
Perkins's services aud got them. Perkins
started out TO get the acid
And there was another thing-a difference |
between the courthouse ink and that which had
been used by the several inspectors OF election
sheir supplies furnished by the county